Ukrainian consulate in Santa Monica
Santa Monica has no Ukrainian consular office of its own. Plan on 381 miles by road, about 7 h 5 min, to reach the Ukrainian Consulate General in San Francisco.
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
Which Ukrainian consulate serves Santa Monica?
On its own pages, the Ukrainian Consulate General in San Francisco puts California in its consular district (district list, in Ukrainian).
| Ukrainian office | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|
| Consulate General, San Francisco (office for Santa Monica here) | 340 miles |
| Consulate General, Houston | 1,380 miles |
| Consulate General, Chicago | 1,757 miles |
| Embassy, Washington, D.C. | 2,307 miles |
| Consulate General, New York | 2,462 miles |
The trip from Santa Monica and how the office receives you
7 h 5 min on the road from Santa Monica rules out a same-day visit; plan to sleep near San Francisco.
At the San Francisco consulate, filings are booked in e-Consul and there is a waiting list for passport slots; collecting finished documents needs a Setmore booking.
For the pickup, the passport can travel by VFS Global courier to Los Angeles, 14 miles from Santa Monica, paid by you (VFS conditions, in Ukrainian).
Local records in Santa Monica for Ukrainian paperwork
The citizenship registration of a child born in Santa Monica starts with the U.S. birth certificate, issued in California by the California Department of Public Health’s Vital Records office, in Sacramento, according to the CDC (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The apostille goes on the certificate and on the translation, as the California page explains.
A marriage registered in Santa Monica is recorded by the Los Angeles County Recorder (or its Clerk, for a confidential marriage) (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records), and a Ukrainian office asks for that certificate apostilled and translated when a surname changes.
Nearby cities to Santa Monica
- Los Angeles, 14 miles away
- Pasadena, 22 miles away
- Long Beach, 24 miles away
- Westminster, 34 miles away
Steps a family in Santa Monica can take without a visit
- You can follow your passport at passport.mfa.gov.ua with the session ID you get when you file: Ukrainian passport.
- You can travel to Ukraine on a U.S. passport for up to 90 days in any 180 without a visa: Visa for U.S. citizens.